Summer of 2024. Anishinabek territory. An Earth First splinter group of mischievous raccoons congregate to inspect an oddity some of them had discovered in the woods.
Story: Is it a vroom vroom They wondered? The vroom vroom has killed many a racoon. If it is a vroom vroom it must be stopped, they decided. We have thumbs! We are many they yelled! Abomination.
Nah it looks more like a dumpster they decided. Unable to decipher the sheet metal and welding from a typical vroom vroom and uncertain if it was a dumpster to be raided for scraps they decided it must be either sabotaged or pilfered for rations the set to work on what turns out was actually a Tesla Cyber truck. Tesla as in Nicolai Tesla? Yes but no. Elon Musk is no Nicolai Tesla he is just exploiting the name. Hés merely a colonizer.
The raccoon posse had their way with the Tesla Truck but ultimately this was a mere mobilization, a spontaneous uprising. Because of the failure of the raccoons to form a powerful party this event could be singular. A sort of racoon Standing Rock if you will. Raccoons will reminisce that they were at the cyber truck event of 2024 for a decade to come although moreover it was a loss. The dopamine was high. It was a great time to be a raccoon.
Raccoons today. Raccons dream of the good days. Days before Hudson Bay company and the fur trade. Raccoons continue to dream of wide open spaces. Spaces without the vroom vroom and without colonists.
Written by: War Chief Mko. Cover art by Artsy.
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